Alkoxydisiloxanes



United States Patent 2,995,591 ALKOXYDISILO Steve A. Kovacich, El Cerrito, and Robert L. Peeler,-

y, Calif assignors to California Research Corporation, Francisco, Calif., a corporation of Dela- N0 Drawing. Filed June 30, 1958, Ser. No. 745,327

3 Claims. (Cl. 260-4483) This invention relates to novel alkoxydisiloxanes.

More particularly, the invention is concerned with anovel class of dialkyldialkoxyditertiary-alkoxydisiloxanes stable, particularly at high temperatures and in the presence of water. This instability makes them objectionable for a number of important uses.

We have now discovered a novel class of alkoxydisiloxanes having improved properties, namely, the dialkyldialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxanes wherein the alkyl groups contain from 1 to 12 carbon atoms each, the

2 J The novel dialkyldialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxanes of the invention are prepared by several ditteren't' methods. According to one method, one mole offs commercially available alkyltrichlorosilane is reacted with one mole of alcohol, the alkyl groups of the silane and alcohol being of the type mentioned above. alkylalkoxydichlorosilane thus obtained is then reacted with one mole of a tertiary alkyl alcohol in the presence of an acid acceptor such as a-picoline or pyridine. Two moles of the alkylalkoxytertiaryalkoxymonochlorosilane from this reaction is reacted with one mole of water in the presence of acid acceptor to give the dialkyldialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxane. Cooling of the reaction mixture is usually employed in the first step to control the rate of the reaction. Following the initial step of the reaction, heating is employed, usually at the reflux temperatures of the alcohol mixture, to accelerate the reaction. Hydrogen chloride formed as a by-product in the reaction in the initial step is readily removed by blowing alkoxy groups contain from 3 to 13 carbon atoms each,

R R RiOSlOSiORl O O wherein the R is an alkyl group of from 1 to 12 carbon atoms, the R s, which may be the same or different from 7 one another, are alkyl groups of from 3 to 13 carbon 'atoms, and the R 's, which may be the same or different from one another, are tertiary alkylgroups of from 4 to 8 carbon atoms. Preferably, the Rs are alkyl groups of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, the R s are primary or' secondary alkyl groups of from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and the R s are tertiary alkyl groups of from 4 to 6 carbon atoms. Such preferred alkyl groups provide dialkyl dialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxanes which are unusually stable at high temperatures and in the presence of water.

Dialkyldialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxanes illustrative of the invention, as described above, include:

1,3-dimethyl 1,3 di(tert butoxy) 1,3 di(1-octoxy)- disiloxane 1,3-dimethyl 1,3 di(tert-butoxy) 1,3 di(isodecoxy)- disiloxane 1,3-dimethyl 1,3 di(tert butoxy) 1,3 di(5-ethyl-2- nonoxy)-disiloxane 1,3-dimethyl 1,3-di (tert-pen-toxy -l ,3-di(2-ethylhexoxy disiloxane 1,3-diethyl-1,3-di(tert butoxy) l,3-di(2 ethylhexoxy)- disiloxane 1,3-diethyl-l,3 di(tert pentoxy)-l,3-di(2-ethylbutoxy)- disiloxane with an inert gas, such as nitrogen. In the second step of the reaction, the hydrogen chloride-acid acceptor salt is separated from the reaction mixture by conventional means, such as filtration or decanting.

The following examples are given as additional illustrations of the preparation of the novel dialkyldialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxanes of the invention. Unless otherwise specified, proportions are given on a weight basis.

EXAMPLE 1 454 grams of ethyltrichlorosilane was dissolved in 250 ml. toluene and added to a 2-liter reaction flask. The

mixture was cooled to 20 C. and held at that temperature while 284 grams of 2-ethylbutanol was added dropwise. Hydrogen chloride gas was evolved during the reaction. After one additional hour at this temperature, the reaction mixture was allowed to come to room temperature overnight. Any hydrogen chloride by-product remaining in the mixture was removed by blowing with nitrogen for one-half hour. Toluene was stn'pped off and a product identified as ethyl-'Z-ethylbutoxydichlorosilane was collected by distillation at to' 102 C. vapor temperature under 14.7 mm. Hg pressure. To 372 grams of this dichlorosilane in a 2'-liter reaction flask was added 175 ml. m-picoline and 200 ml. toluene... This mixture was cooled to 0 C. and a mixture of 143 grams tert-pentyl alcohol, 175 ml. d-picoline acid acceptor and 200 ml. toluene was added at this temperature o'ver a period of two hours. The reaction mixture was" allowedl I to come to room temperature overnight. It was thfen trefluxed four hours at 126 C. After cooling to rob temperature, 14.6 ml. water was added dropwise,.a in imum temperature of 38 C. being reached. jzfIjhe ture was then heated three hours at to 106 C cooling to room temperature, 600 ml. of water was adde A and stirred until all a-picoline-HClsalt formed 'inQthe reaction had dissolved. The mixture was allowed to stand and the aqueous phase discharded. The, product layer was washed three times with 600 ml. water and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The product was distilled at 1 mm. Hg pressure in a spinning band column. The fraction boiling between and 162 C. was collected as 1,S-diethyl-l,3-di(tert-pentoxy)-1,3-di (2-ethylbutoxy) disiloxane.

Additional preparations of the dialkyldialkyoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxanes according to the invention andrelated material forthe purpose of comparison were carried out, employing the procedures as outlined above. The properties of these alkoxydisiloxanes are summarized in the following table:

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Table I Bolling Viscosity, cs. ASTM Silicon, percent Carbon, percent Hydrogen, percent Example Compound int, slope,

No. .lmm. -100/ 100 F. 210 F. 210 F. Found Cale. Found Cale. Found Gale.

1 1,3-diethyl-1,3-di(tert-pen- 150-162/1 6.46 1.96 0.80 61.75 61.60 11.30 11.53

toxy)-l,3-di(2-ethylbutoxy) dislloxane. 2 1,3-dlmethyl-l,3-di(tert- 172-174/1 5.41 1.94 10.99 11.08 61.42 61.60 11.39 11.53

butoxy)1,3-dl(1-octoxy) I disiloxane. 3 1,3-dimethyl-1.3-di(tert- 194-199/1 10.45 2.887 0.72 9.35 9.50 64.75 65.03 12.15 11.94

butoxy) -1,3-d1(5-ethyl-2- nonoxy)dlsiloxaue. 4 1,3-d1methyl-l,3-dl(tert- 169-17611 6.58 227 0.69 10.61 10.50 62.63 62.86 11.41 11.68

pento )-13-dl(2-ethyllicxoxgdis oxane. 1,3-dlethyl-1,3-d1(tertbu- 171-178/1 7.234 2.201 0.76 9.80 10.50 62.52 62.86 11.93 11.68

toxy)-1,3-di(2-ethylhexoxy)dlsiloxane. 1,1.3,3-tetramethyl-1,3-dt(l- 176-17911 4.950 1.887 0.70 12.1 12. 57 63.95 64.51 11.95 12.18

decoxy)-disiloxane. 1,3-dlethyl-1,1,3.3-tetra-(2- 179-181/1 5.852 2.285 0.63 9.79 10.50

ethylbutoxy)-dlslloxnne.

In the above examples, the tetramethyldialkoxydisiloxane of Example 6 and the diethyltetraalkoxydi- Table II siloxane of Example 7 were prepared for the purpose of comparative evaluation. The alkoxydisiloxanes of the present invention, as described above, are all charactervlsgoglty, Change, 111501- ized by two alkyl groups, one being attached to each of Cmnmmd Perfient blesi 210 F. Percent the silicon atoms of the disiloxane. They also contain two tertiaryalkoxyl groups, one for each sil con. The 1341mm H} d1(tert butxy) 1'3 (1L remaining alkoxy group on each of the silicon atoms 1 gi g n idisi i2ne. --S +0.4 -5.5 0.13

et y-1,3- ter u oxy -1,3- y be pr y or d ry i t r s described (isodecomdlsnome M6 above, or it may be an additional tertiary alkoxy group. l,3(-dlfiletlhgl-1,3-di%eirtiibutoxy)-1,3-dl- 9 8 5-0 ynonoxy s oxane .1 .5 0.19 The following example illustrates the preparation of a di I,mimethyb1,3 d1(tert pentoxy)4,3 di 6 04 alkyltetraalkoxydisiloxane in WhlCll the alkoxy groups z fl u exo z dgsnt xgn u.T

,-ey-l,- er-uoxy--- are all tertiary alkoxy groups containing from 4 to 8 (uthylhexomdisuom +0.5 Nu carbon atoms. 1,3-dicthyl-1,3-di(tert-pentoxy)-1,3-d1- (fle t lg u tgxyl 1.2 0 am y u oxy is oxane.. 5. 1 .1 EXAMPLE 8 1,3-d1methyl-1,1,3,3-tetra(2,2-dimethylpentoxy)-disiloxane +211 +61. 7 0. 65 Lbli-giethyld,1,3,3-tetra(?rethy1butoxy)- 17 3 20 0 01 400 ml. of nonyldi-t-butoxychl0rosilane (prepared by ffiifig ggggp' ga g aggggygg i' the reaction of nonyltrichlorosilane with t-butyl alcohol 8110x8118 +5245 in the presence of a-picoline) were added to a reaction flask along with 100 ml. a-picoline. Keeping the temperature between 40 C. and 60 C., a mixture of 80 ml. a-picoline and 80 ml. water was gradually added. The mixture washeld at this temperature for one hour and then refluxed for two hours. After cooling, the aqueous layer was discarded and the product washed five times with water. It was then driew with anhydride sodium sulfate, filtered and distilled through a spinning band column. The product boiling between 205 C. and 217 C. at 1 mm. was collected as 1,3-dinonyl- 1,1,3,3-tetra(t-butoxy)disiloxane.

A series of tests was carried out to illustrate the superior properties of the novel dialkyldialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxanes. These tests show the excellent hydrolytic stability at elevated temperatures compared to other silicate esters of the same general type. In the tests, 10.00 ml. of the alkoxydisiloxane and 0.60 ml. of water are placed in a 22 ml. nickel bomb. The bomb is closed and rotated 'at 5 r.p.m. in an oven maintained at 400 F. At the end of twenty hours, the bomb is removed from the oven. The test fluid is taken from the bomb and centrifuged. Following centrifugation, the liquid portion is decanted for viscosity measurements, insolubles remaining after decanting are washed with chloroform, dried and weighed.

The results of twenty hour tests on the dialkyldialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxanes of the invention are given at the following table. For comparison, test results are also included in the table showing the hydrolytic stabiL ty of other types of alkoxydisiloxanes.

From the above test results it will be seen that the dialkyldialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxanes of the present invention are quite stable to hydrolysis at high temperatures. There is very little change in the viscosity of the dialkyltetraalkoxydisiloxanes after the prolonged heating at 400 F. in the presence of water. Furthermore, there is very little formation of insolubles. By way of contrast, hexaalkoxydisiloxanes, diphenyldialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxanes, and tetramethyldialkoxydisiloxanes are shown to be much less stable. Undesirably, large changes in viscosity are sustained with such fluids, or the Jormation'of insolubles is unsatisfactorily highin each instance. The alkoxydisiloxanes of the present invention having tertiaryalkoxy groups are also characterized by better hydrolytic stabilities than the corresponding dialkyltetraalkoxydisiloxanes without groups, although the latter compounds are unusually stable compared to ordinary hexaalkoxydisiloxanes.

The usual stability of the dialkyldialkoxyditertiary, alkoxydisiloxanes according to the present invention makes them particularly valuable as hydraulic fluids and lubricants in applications where high temperatures are encountered. The fact that they maintain excellent viscosity-temperatures properties is especially important,

since minimum viscosity changes throughout wide temperature ranges are required. Resistance to the formation of insoluble particles of silica is also critical, since such abrasive materials obviously interfere with proper functioning of hydraulic and lubrication systems.

tertiaryalkoxy 5 We claim: References Cited in the file of this patent 1. Dialkyldialkoxyditertiaryalkoxydisiloxane having the UNITED STATES PATENTS gewal Structural R 2,566,365 Pedlow et a1 Sept. 4, 1951 n os os o Bunnell Ian. 6, 0 0 2,717,242 Foehr Sept. 6, 1955 2,758,127 Goldschmidt et a1 Aug. 7, 1956 wherein the R is a straight-chain alkyl group of from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, the R 's are selected from the class OTHER REFERENCES consisting of primary and secondary alkyl groups of from Okawara et al.: Bull. Chem. Soc. Japan, vol. 27 3 to 10 carbon atoms each, and the R s are tertiaryalkyl 10 PP- Abstracts, 50 groups of from 4 to 6 carbon atoms each. pp. 162-3).

2. 1,3-diethyl-l,3-di(tert pentoxy) 1,3 di(2 ethyl Smith: Chemical Abstracts, vol. 49 (1955), pp. butoxy)disiloxane. 909-10. 1 3. 1,3-dimethyl-1,3-di(tert-pentoxy)'- 1,3 -di(2 -ethyi- Peeler et al.: Ind. &-Eng. Chem, vol. 51 (1959),

hexoxy)-disiloxane. 15 pp. 749-52. 

1. DIALKYLDIALKOXYDITERTIARYALKOXYDISILOXANE HAVING THE GENERAL STRUCTURAL FORMULA: 